Area High School Students Win Arkansas State Communications Day Awards
JONESBORO, ARK. — Fountain Lake High School of Hot Springs won the overall sweepstakes award Saturday, March 1, at the 76th Annual Communication Day at Arkansas State University. Greene County Tech High School was named first runner-up, followed by Wynne High School, second runner-up, and Har-Ber High School of Springdale and Northeast Arkansas Christian Home Educators (NEACHE) tied for third runner-up. Students competed in more than 20 newspaper, web, communications, debate and video competitions.
Group first place winners are Brandon Buccheri and Sam Struebing from Har-Ber High School, public service announcement; Taylor Morgan from Greene County Tech, documentary short; Jackson Hicks from Greene County Tech, sports news reporting; Hannah Pascua, Shayna McMillian, and Mateshia Hudson from Nettleton High School, music video; Brandon Buccheri and Sam Struebing from Har-Ber High School, television reporting; TECH TV from Greene County Tech, sports programming, and Ashley Hidalgo from Har-Ber High School, video promotion.
In individual contests, winners are Aneshah Washington from Wynne, public relations; Steward Bridger, Claudia Raffo, Mackenzie Dallas from Nettleton, television commercials; Kristian Jumper from Wynne, advertising copy and layout; Camden Metheny from Buffalo Island Central, headline writing; Austin Adams from Greene County Tech, photography; Austin Adams from Greene County Tech, television anchoring; Alec Tripp from NEACHE, feature; McKenzie Boger from Wynne, broadcast news writing; Seth Price from NEACHE, newspaper copy reading; Darian Darnell from Marion High School, editorial writing; Christian Levs from Stuttgart High School, editorial cartooning; Derrick Fryar from Fountain Lake High School, impromptu debate; Derrick Fryar from Fountain Lake, social media; and Nate Johnson from NEACHE, extemporaneous speaking.
Arkansas State’s College of Media and Communication combines a foundation in the liberal arts and sciences with a core of professional courses to give students the knowledge base and skill set needed to succeed in communications. Studies in the college allow students to learn to gather, organize, synthesize and communicate information professionally in a democratic, multi-cultural society.
They learn to think critically and communicate effectively in preparation for productive roles in news, radio, television, film, public relations, organizational communication, advertising, photojournalism, graphic communications, web and multimedia production and design or health communication.
The Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism & Mass Communications (ACEJMC) certifies the college for A-State’s undergraduate programs in journalism and radio-television. Only 109 schools in the U.S. are accredited by ACEJMC. For more information, please visit our website at www.astate.edu/communications.
Here is a list of all contest finishers:
RADIO ANNOUNCING
Honorable Mention: Fountain Lake/Matthew Pultz
Honorable Mention: NEACHE (Northeast Arkansas Christian Home Education)/Abigail Shackleford
Third Place: Fountain Lake/Alexis Hampo
Second Place: Cave City/Evan Brown
First Place: Greene County Tech/Austin Adams
HEADLINE WRITING
Third Place: NEACHE (Northeast Arkansas Christian Home Educators)/Seth Price
Second Place: Marion/Chelsea Jones
First Place: Fountain Lake/Jared Smith
EDITORIAL CARTOONING
Third Place: Fountain Lake/Sean Flores
Second Place: Wynne/Mackenzie Reed
First Place: Stuttgart/Christian Levs
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Honorable Mention: Nettleton/Tyler Morgan, Delbert Medlock, Taylor Isom
Honorable Mention: Fountain Lake/Miranda Keys, Ivan Johnson
Third Place: Cave City/Katherine Rogers/Cade Weaver
Second Place: Har-Ber/Daniel Sedrick/Molly Luster
First Place: Greene County Tech/Taylor Morgan
MUSIC VIDEO
Honorable Mention: Cave City High School/Aaron Herrman
Third Place: Greene County Tech/Taylor Morgan and Austin Adams
Second Place: Har-Ber/Brandon Buccheri, Andrew Lisle, Lindsay Will
First Place: Nettleton High School: Hannah Pascua, Shayna McMillian, Mateshia Hudson
TV ANCHORING
Third Place: Cave City/Evan Brown; NEACHE (Northeast Arkansas Christian Home Education)/ Abigail Shackelford
Second Place: Greene County Tech/Peyton Miller
First Place: Greene County Tech/Austin Adams
IMPROMPTU DEBATES
Honorable Mention: NEACHE (Northeast Arkansas Christian Home Education)/Daniel Allen
Honorable Mention: Cave City/Monroe Albetson
Third Place: Cave City/Evan Brown
Second Place: NEACHE (Northeast Arkansas Christian Home Education)/Abigail Shackelford
First Place: Fountain Lake/Derrick Fryar
EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING
Honorable Mention: Fountain Lake/Derrick Fryar
Third Place: Fountain Lake/Alexis Hampo
Second Place: Stuttgart/Jenny Lorince
First Place: NEACHE (Northeast Arkansas Christian Home Education)/Nate Johnson
PHOTOGRAPHY
Honorable Mention: Cave City/Bailey O’Cain
Third Place: Stuttgart/Elbin Bland
Second Place: Jonesboro/Devon Tait
First Place: Buffalo Island Central/Camden Metheny
PUBLIC RELATIONS
Honorable Mention: Wynne/Kristian Jumper
Third Place: Stuttgart/Abigail Bormann
Second Place: Cave City/Allison Green
First Place: Wynne/Aneshah Washington
SPORTS NEWS REPORTING
Honorable Mention: Stuttgart/SHS Journalism Club
Honorable Mention: Fountain Lake/Kaitlyn Garrett
Third Place: Wynne/Jacket Action News
Second Place: Har-Ber/Daniel Sedrick, Molly Luster
First Place: Greene County Tech/Jackson Hicks
VIDEO PROMOTION
Honorable Mention: Fountain Lake/Miranda Keys, Ivan Johnson
Honorable Mention: Cave City/Hunter Middleton, Marty Manuel
Third Place: Har-Ber/Abelardo Alvarado, Matthew Philpot
Second Place: Greene County Tech/Taylor Morgan, Austin Adams
First Place: Har-Ber/Ashley Hidalgo
AD/COPY/LAYOUT
Honorable Mention: Stuttgart/Stephanie Bell
Honorable Mention: NEACHE (Northeast Arkansas Christian Home Educators)/Holly McEuen
Third Place: Fountain Lake/Rachelle Martin
Second Place: Fountain Lake/Kaitlynn Garrett
First Place: Wynne/Kristian Jumper
TV COMMERCIAL
Honorable Mention: Green County Tech: Wesley Reddick, Austin Adams
Third Place: Har-Ber/Andrew Lisle
Second Place: Cave City/Hunter Middleton, Evan Brown, Ashley Green
First Place: Nettleton/Steward Bridger, Claudia Raffo, Mackenzie Dallas
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
Honorable Mention: Fountain Lake/Miranda Keys
Third Place: Fountain Lake/Ambrosia Roach
Second Place: Greene County Tech: Taylor Morgan/Austin Adams
First Place: Har-Ber/Brandon Buccheri/Sam Struebing
TELEVISION REPORTING
Honorable Mention: Har-Ber/Daniel Sedrick/Molly Luster/Ryan Sites
Honorable Mention: Stuttgart/SHS Journalism Club
Honorable Mention: Wynne/Jacket Action News
Third Place: Cave City/Nicholas Gay
Second Place: Greene County Tech/Austin Adams
First Place: Har-Ber High School/Brandon Buccheri/Sam Struebing
BROADCAST NEWS WRITING
Honorable Mention: Nettleton/Jasmine Kimble
Third Place: Greene County Tech/Taylor Morgan
Second Place: Lakeside High School/Dylan Tedder
First Place: Wynne/McKenzie Boger
FEATURE WRITING
Honorable Mention: Fountain Lake/Rachelle Martin
Third Place: Southwest Christian Academy/Harrison Hudson
Second Place: Stuttgart/Jenny Lorince
First Place: NEACHE (Northeast Arkansas Christian Home Educators)/Alec Tripp
EDITORIAL WRITING
Third Place: Buffalo Island Central/Greydon Williams
Second Place: Wynne/Mackenzie Reed
First Place: Marion/Darian Darnell
SPORTS WRITING
Honorable Mention: Marion/Chymiah Bowe
Honorable Mention: Wynne/Marybeth Norris
Honorable Mention: NEACHE (Northeast Arkansas Christian Home Educators)/Daniel Allen
Third Place: Nettleton High School/Kristian Davis
Second Place: Fountain Lake High School/Jared Smith
First Place: NEACHE (Northeast Arkansas Christian Home Educators)/Seth Price
SOCIAL MEDIA
Honorable Mention: Nettleton High School/Hanna Meredith
Honorable Mention: Har-Ber High School/Courtney Mansell
Third Place: Nettleton/Jasmine Kimble, NEACHE (Northeast Arkansas Christian Home Educators)/Nate Johnson
Second Place: Fountain Lake High School/Lauren Walker
First Place: Fountain Lake High School/Kaitlynn Garrett
SPORTS PROGRAMMING
Honorable Mention: Wynne High School/Jackson Action News
Third Place: Har-Ber High School/Student Staff
Second Place: Cave City/Nate Ayers
First Place: Greene County Tech/TECH TV
